Roland William Jean 1955 India

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Ready to

s ta r t

f or I nd ia

in

our

Red I nd ia n.

Work

Dai ly t he re

are

patients

with various

Som e days

and m onths there

re

many

coming

twice a day,

at

other

there are fewer.

The

diseases vary

th e t ime of

year , but

always there

re some

with colds , coughs,

and

fever.

of all are the

cases

with

ulcers,

and abscesses, some of whi ch a re so

errible that it truly takes th e grace of

od to care fo r

t h em

Many of

these

worst cases ar e littl e

and children.

They

come f rom

ar

and

n ea r. R ece nt ly

one

man

came

a chi ld

ten

miles .

Ano the r

m an had

him of our good medical care.

It

us

t he oppor tuni ty

to

tell

of

th e

Physician who came to cure

them

their

sins

if th ey will

but

believe and

Him.

But in these days so few

are

in anything but the flesh an d

t t h e sou l

Convention

Last

year

tw o

of th e men went to

Bilaspur

for

th e

Convention.

This year

in

October, Miriam an d Mrs. Rothermel

a t t e nded i t Mrs Ro t h e rme l

h ad

no t

been

in

Bilaspur

fo r a

good many years

so was happy to see th e

work

there.

Two

of ou r

boys

a re a tte nd in g

th e

Seminary there

an d

two

ar e

in th e

High

school. M rs.

Rothermel

was also

happy

to see

th e

wo rk

which h er chi ldren

a re

doing in teaching young people and

training

them

fo r

H is s ervice , a work

much

needed

today.

As

Bilaspur

is

four

hundred

m iles by

train

from

Ragaul, wit h t hr ee c ha nges o f

trains, taking two nights and a day or

two da ys

and

a night, y ou know w e sha ll

no t b e v isit in g ea ch other

often, but

we

are

al l happy

th at th e

Rolands

are back

in

I nd ia t ra in ing young people, th e

work

th ey a re be st

fitted to do Pray

fo r

them.

During

th e

two an d a half mon th s b e-

her marriage,

Miriam, ou r nurse,

Dr Rothermel by doing dressings such things thus relieving her This was

medicine into eyes

and

many greatly appreciated

Anniversary Letter

(C on ti nu ed f rom p ag e one)

w it h t he

Lord , h is so n

has become

a goo

preacher and

also teaches others

who a

preparing

fo r

th e Lord s work. A num

be r of ou r boys and girls are now wor

in g

fo r

th e Chur ch of Christ in vario

places,

as p re ache rs o r w ives of preac

The widow whom we h elp ed , a lo n

with her

six children (Som e

may r

member

he r as

th e girl

of

s ix teen yea

who

accepted

Christ and left her Hin

h u sb an d and ov e r whom th e r e w as

cou r t case and w ho a t th e t im e c au se d

much

anxiety) nev er ma rr ie d again u

ti l he r

husband

died e leven yea rs

late

a lt ho ug h h e

took another

wife at onc

She has always kept a good name an

reputation through the years and toda

is

still looked to as

a

very

good

Chri

t i a n When

he r h us ba nd d ie d a nd le ft h

penn il es s becaus e h is i ll ne ss h ad e ate n a

their

saving

a nd P ro vid en t

fund,

sh

wished to go to some Orphanage

an

work where sh e could

keep

t he c h il dr

together,

but

no orphanage

would

tak

th em . T hey w ou ld

take

th e

children, b

n ot t he mot he r. When her ba by girl w

bo rn abou t tw o m on th s a f t e r h e r hu

band s d ea th , s he hear d that I ha d

r

turned

to

India so she

wro te to

me,

an

we brought he r

here

to help

her.

H

children

ar e among

t he b righ te st in o

school,

and we still

feel

we did

right

help

such a good woman. We

believe

th

years will bring

more

Christ ian worke

from

that family.

After

my

husband d ied, s oon th e ban

in which

hi s

insurance was

placed,

clos

and

we never

r eceived any

of

t he fu n

in that bank, and

funds

promised

fo r

o

support s topped

becau se o f

the de pre

sion, bu t I went to sleep

eve ry n ig

knowing that though

al l

fa ile d me, th

Lord would not, an d He

never

did.

seemed

a t

t ime s th at w ha t

funds

the

were,

like

th e

Widow s

meal

as

she fe

th e

prophet,

were

bountiful.

We kno

that our Father in Heaven will nev

leave us without help if we

are

doin

Hi s

bidding.

CAR FUND

For

some

t ime

it has

com e to

my a

t en t ion tha t Dr. Rothe rme l is in need

a means of t ransportat ion s in ce s he ca

no

longer

ride her

bicycle.

She can purchase a small auto

f

about

on e

thousand

dollars, but does n

desire to use Mission money

fo r th is .

If

you

would like to h elp in a ca r fun

s end y ou r contributions to me, Lloy

Pickering,

La Monte Mo

labeled

Ca

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Charles, Paul an d

Dav id Rola nd

w

their Indian aya. She tries to keep

eye on

them

so they won t

fall

in to

well, or ge t bitten by a snake. Th

is a

contest

going on p re sent ly betwe

them,

as to whether s he will leam E

lish or

the boys will learn Hindi first .

Below: Wedding

bells

rang

r ec en tl y

two

of ou r

students,

now

Mr.

and

M

Ishwari Lai. Mrs. L ai is th e d au ghter

one of o ur r et ir ed evangelists.

Mr.

is on e of

our

senior

students.

H e is he

in g Mr.

Davis make our new library

su ess

L a s t s u m m e r w h i l e Mrs. R o t h e r m e l

was in th e hills, you may remember

that

ou r

daughter,

Miriam, the

nurse,

gave

away the bride in Mr s. Rothermel s place.

Now.

you w ill be

happy

f or Mir iam that

th e Lo rd h as sent a good Christian

man

ANOTHER WEDDING

1 to c l a i m

h e r

W e o f te n w on de r e d w h e re

t a man

cou d

be found ol d enough for

;

M iriam , if i t were th e Lord s will

fo r

he r

an d

she

wished to marry. Most men j

t over 26 years of ag e are already married,

1 so

we j u s t lef t i t in the

L ord s H an ds ;

where

we believed

it belongs. He sent

th e

mana p re ac he r

of th e

gospel

of

good report among the churches.

Through a young

friend

of ours

who

had

n e v e r

e v e n s e e n M i r i a m th i s

m a n

o f

thirty years heard of ou r good daughter

M r i a m H i s f at h er w ro te Mrs. R o t h e r

mel,

and a ft er

making plenty

of inquiry

an d feeling satisfied

that th e

man

was

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Roland William Jean 1955 India